The Judiciary Committee of the US House of Representatives has voted to hold the Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress. Mr.Barr refused to submit an unredacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election. The Justice Department accused the democrats of engaging in politically motivated attacks. But the full house will now vote on the motion.

The United Nations has warned that more than a thousand Palestinians shot by Israel may require amputation due to inadequate health care in Gaza. The UN humanitarian coordinator for the Palestinian territory said those who had been seriously wounded by Israeli gunfire during weekly protests needed complicated surgery and rehabilitation not currently available.

Former environmental ministers in Brazil have accused President Jair Bolsonaro’s government of denying climate change and dismantling the country’s existing environmental policies. The minsters warn there was now a real risk of uncontrolled deforestation in the Amazon Basin.

The US Defense Department has suspended work to recover the remains of thousands of service personnel still missing in North Korea, 66 years after fighting ended in the Korean war. A Pentagon spokesman said North Korea had stop communicating after the inconclusive second summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-un in February.

Polling has ended in parliamentary and provincial elections in South Africa. Full results are expected on Saturday but there are signs the governing African national congress has faced a stiff challenge from the opposition democratic alliance and the populist economic freedom fighters.

In Football, Tottenham Hotspur had beaten Ajax Amsterdam by three goals to two in Amsterdam. It books the English team a place in next month European Champion's league final against Liverpool.